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Archived News:
Battle.net announces that
tomorrow marks the second anniversary of the release of Diablo III on
March 15, 2012. To celebrate, Blizzard
plans a livestream with the developers tomorrow on Twitch, and announces a
bonus to the drop rates of both Rift Shards and legendary items will be in
effect starting tomorrow: On May 15, 2012, the gates of the Burning Hells
opened and Diablo III was unleashed onto the world. Since then, millions of
heroes have been created, billions of hours have been spent in games, and
trillions of demons have been slaughtered without mercy. We've even released an
expansion!
To celebrate the game's second anniversary and the community that made it all
possible, players who log in to defend Sanctuary this week will receive double
Rift Fragments as well as a +100% boost to their chance to find Legendary items.
This bonus birthday buff begins in the Americas on Thursday, May 15 at 12:00
a.m. PDT and ends on Thursday, May 22 at 5:00 a.m. PDT.
Destructoid notes posts on a hacking forum suggesting some of the source
code from the standalone DayZ game may now be out in the wild. This is
not confirmed, but they do quote developer Bohemia Interactive saying they have
"detected an attack" on their network, and "the precise nature and scope of this
attack is currently being extensively investigated."
The UbiBlog announces
that Watch Dogs is gold, and the open-world hacking game is on track for
its planned release on May 27th. Here's word: It’s official. Watch Dogs
has gone gold, and is right on track for worldwide release on May 27, 2014.
A next-gen
experience that reinvents the way gamers will interact with an
interconnected open-world city, Watch Dogs arms players with the most powerful
of modern weapons: a cell phone that grants unprecedented access to Chicago’s
Central Operating System (ctOS). Aiden Pearce wields this weapon – along with
his brawn, his guns and his high-tech gadgets – as a vigilante driven to seek
out justice (or vengeance) against those who harmed his family.
First revealed at E3 2012, Watch Dogs has been in the works since 2009. Now that
the game’s gone gold after an epic five-and-a-half-year development cycle,
what’s that mean for the team? “It’s exciting to be gold,” says Creative
Director Jonathan Morin. “But it’ll be more exciting when people are playing.
For the fans it means that it’s true. It means there will be no such thing as
another delay. But
for us, it’s not done until they actually have it in their hands.”
Telltale Games now
offers In Harm's Way, episode three of The Walking Dead Season 2,
their episodic zombie game. Here's
a new
trailer and here's the deal: The Walking Dead: Season Two - A Telltale
Games Series continues the story of Clementine, a young girl orphaned at the
outset of the undead apocalypse, left to survive in a world gone mad. Players
will struggle to outwit both the dead and the living in situations that will
test their morals and control the flow of the story through the choices that
they make.
The third episode, 'In Harm's Way,' has received high critical praise in the
press with Machinima awarding it a 10 out of 10 score, exclaiming , "Holy crap.
I should probably end the review there, because that's all I kept saying..."
Also, IGN.com scored the episode an Editor's Choice 9 out of 10, saying, "In
Harm's Way' is another excellent episode of Telltale Games' The Walking Dead
with superb character moments."
Continue here to read the full story.
A
Steam Community Announcement informs us that an additional 75 titles have
been greenlit for eventual release on Steam. As usual, word is: "While they
were Greenlit today, these titles will be released independently in the weeks or
months ahead, as they complete development and integrate any Steamworks features
they are interested in utilizing."
This
page has the complete list of new approvals.
Tripwire Interactive
is celebrating the fifth anniversary of the release of Killing Floor
on Steam, launching a
half-decade of co-op horror FPS gaming. They celebrate the news with
an infographic with some infotainment on the game. Word is: "Ever wanted to
know the number of zeds killed in the past 5 years? Check! Or maybe the total
number of bullets fired in that span? Yeah, we have that too! Tripwire even
offers up 5 interesting facts that you likely have never known about the
original KILLING FLOOR."
En Masse Entertainment announces that Zombies Monsters Robots will enter
closed beta testing on May 27th, saying those interested in participating should
head over to the Zombies
Monsters Robots website and register. Here's word on the game, which is in
development at Yingpei Games, the studio formerly known as Epic Games China: Zombies
Monsters Robots (ZMR) is an intense, third person shooter that pits players
against an unexpected assortment of enemies, environments, and game modes. The
invention of portal technology has lured cross-dimensional creatures into the
world, and humanity finds itself under attack. In ZMR, players will battle
monstrous enemies and bosses across a wide range of co-op campaigns and
wave-based survival missions as well as fight other players in fierce head to
head shootouts. With an arsenal of customizable guns and gear, players need to
make every shot count as they enter a war against infectious zombies, abominable
monsters, and murderous robots that will stop at nothing to see the end of
mankind. This is the world of ZMR.
A new
teaser trailer from Telepath Tactics shows off some final art an animations
from Sinister Design's upcoming turn-based RPG. The game's
April
update discusses the game's art style and visual effects in extensive
detail. The new trailer also reveals a tentative release date, saying the game
is now expected this coming winter. Continue here to read the full story.
Link of the Day:
Little
Kid Attacked By Dog, Saved By Cat. Thanks nin (and brave Mr. Whiskers!).
A new trailer from
The Sims 4 shows off gameplay from Maxis' upcoming installment in their
lifestyle simulation series. The clip shows off the game's new create-a-sim
series. Word is: "By putting you in control of the mind, body and heart of these
new Sims, you will tell stories that are richer, deeper and more personal than
ever before. To introduce this new generation of Sims we have released The Sims
4 Create A Sim Official Gameplay Trailer that shows how we’ve created our most
relatable looking Sims ever." They also offer a little more detail on this
feature: "Create A Sim has been rebuilt to be powerful, tactile and intuitive,
making this our most approachable creative tool yet. For the first time ever you
will sculpt your Sims by hand, reaching directly onto your Sims to customize
their appearance." Continue here to read the full story.
EA announces tomorrow is the release date for the PC edition of the
Expedition DLC for Titanfall, Respawn's mech shooter, saying the Xbox
One edition also comes out tomorrow, while the Xbox 360 edition will follow next
month. This pins down the
previously revealed May
release date for the add-on, which is the first of three such releases. Here's
word: The Frontier is about to get bigger as today Respawn Entertainment
revealed the release date for the first Titanfall DLC pack, Expedition. Coming
May 15 to the Xbox One and PC, Titanfall: Expedition introduces three new maps
to the Frontier – Runoff, Swampland and War Games, and extends the
heart-pounding action and adrenalin-fueled gameplay to new heights.
Titanfall: Expedition is the first of three planned DLC packs, each retailing
for $9.99. For gamers looking to further extend the fight on the Frontier, the
Titanfall Season Pass* will deliver three content packs as soon as they become
available. The Titanfall Season Pass is available at a one-time price of $24.99
and can now be purchased for the Xbox One, Xbox 360 and on Origin for PC.
Titanfall: Expedition for the Xbox 360 will be available in June.
Heralded as “a new breed of multiplayer” by Game Informer and “the next big
thing” by Polygon, Titanfall drops players in the middle of a conflict between
the Interstellar Manufacturing Corporation (IMC) and the Militia on a distant
frontier on the edge of the universe. The action is rapid and varied – featuring
parkour-style wall running, massive double jumps and the ability to hijack
titans. The freedom to shift back and forth between pilot and titan allows
players to change tactics on the fly, attacking or escaping depending on the
situation and extending the action vertically to new heights.
Indie Romanian developer Scorpius Games announces
Steam Early Access is now
underway for I Shall Remain, a survival-horror action/RPG set in an
alternate-history post-World War II U.S. ravaged by biological warfare. The news
is accompanied by a whole bunch of new and recent media, including
these
screenshots, a Steam
trailer, a combat
gameplay trailer, and a
non-combat gameplay
trailer. Here's word: I Shall Remain is an Action Survival Role
Playing game for PC. Situated in an alternate history at the end of the Second
World War, when Nazis managed to release a deadly virus over US territory, the
game tells the story of two brothers and their intricate relation with the
apocalyptic world rising in the leftovers of the Z0M81 Pandemic ravage. The
presentation takes the form of an old movie recording where the player is
invited to take the lead and discover the truth about the strange infection and
the unexpected future of the human race.
Continue here to read the full story.
Hats off to the NY Rangers, as the local hockey heroes completed a comeback from
a three games to one series deficit in their playoff series against the
Penguins. I feel a little guilty noting this because I'm one of those
fair-weather fans who only watches games during the playoffs, but I only
have the bandwidth to follow one sport closely, which is tackle football.
Anyway, last night's game was very exciting, and Henrik Lundqvist really is the
king... making 35 saves, including one without a stick! Wild.
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